PORT OF ARKHANGELSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300530009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE -AGE"N'C"(
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
--by law. The reptoduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY _ITS_SR (Arctic)
SUBJECT Port of Arkhangelsk
NO. 91 P
DATE OF INQ.
PLACE ACQUIRED
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
18 September 1953
Sawmill No. 1617 lis located on the west
side of Solombala (N 643 2 40-33). The quay s long enough to berth
four vessels for loading purposes, while at the upper end there is room
for two other vessels awaiting a loading berth.
'There is plenty of water alongside this quay;
There is no cargo handling equipment or warehouses
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on the quay. The quay itself is a properly constructed wharf; it is built
between piles, which were driven into the river bed and the sloping river 50X1-HUM
bank, and it is faced with stone. The upper part of the quay, which is
used as the waiting berths, is approximately 500 feet long, but it consists
only of piles. The intervening space had not been filled in; however, the
river bank was revetted as in the case of the lower berths.
Keg Island (N 64-32, R 40-28). The quay, which is approximately 500 feet
long, can accommodate two ships. It is a reasonably good auav but there
Sawmill No. 9-10~is located on
is no cargo handling equipment on it.
Sawmill No. 3.I I is
situated on the east bank of the Dvina River, upstream from the city of
Arkhangelsk (N 64-34, E 40?32). The quay is a proximately 500 feet long;
there is plenty of water alongside the qua
A considerable quantity or um er, as weii
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as wooden parts or boxes and cases, were stored in the area. The quay
itself is a half-hour journey by car from the center of Arkhangelsk.
The supply of coal at the depot at Arkhangelsk Pier Station appeared to
be low. An icebreaker was observed bunkering at the depot, but no ships
were observed replenishing the supply. A vessel of about 2,000 to 3,000
tons dead weight was discharging a cargo of coal at the depot at
Solombala, which lies between the quay at Sawmill No. 1617 and the
shipyard. This coal depot is equipped with four cranes, each of which
has a capacity of five tons.
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were under construction at this yard,
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8. Thick ice covered the river)
Ti. ice was encountered for some distance out to sea. Medium Icebreakers
kept an open channel in the area.
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a wooden tower under construction on the west side
of gar o4 Island~X 68-49, 3 37-21).
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